If you want to lose your voice quickly without smoking or suffering from a cold, you can use some techniques that allow you to specifically irritate your vocal cords. Strive with your voice by screaming, singing, whispering, coughing, clearing your throat or romping at deafening concerts or sporting events. Eat and drink foods that can promote aphonia (such as acidic, salty and fatty or alcoholic foods and caffeinated drinks). Expose yourself to heat, cold and very noisy environments.
Steps
Part 1 of 3: Strive with the Voice
Step 1. Whisper as much as possible
While it may seem like a method that helps preserve your voice, it actually puts more strain on your vocal cords than it does when you speak in a normal tone, as causing dryness promotes voice loss. Use every opportunity to whisper instead of expressing yourself at a normal volume, pretending to be reserved during conversations or strike up a button in quiet places (like libraries).
Step 2. Shout out by pressing your face onto a pillow
Screaming at the top of your lungs is the most effective way to lose your voice. Find a pillow thick enough to hold onto your face as you scream so you don't attract attention, preferably when there is no one close enough to hear and care. Continue until you feel like your voice is hoarse and stop if your throat hurts.
Step 3. Sing karaoke
Although professional singers usually warm up their vocals before performing, amateurs tend to groan by singing loud and taking notes too high. Spend a fun evening with your friends by offering karaoke to lose your voice. If your warbling spreads into the surrounding space, you will surely cause bruising or inflammation of the vocal cords, resulting in laryngitis.
Step 4. Clear your throat or cough
Coughing or clearing your throat with light and frequent coughs can strain the larynx, promoting aphony. A strong cough usually causes laryngitis, both immediately and in the long term. To lose your voice quickly, try to cough or clear your throat repeatedly until it becomes hoarse.
Step 5. Attend a concert or sporting event
Try to go deaf while having fun, for example by going to a concert or a football match. Get involved and cheer, sing or scream as much as possible. While it is often disadvantageous to lose your voice under these circumstances, it can be a success when it is your primary purpose.
Even by going to the disco, participating in a demonstration or racing go-karts, you have the opportunity to do something that causes you to strain with your voice
Part 2 of 3: Consume Food and Drinks That Help You Lose Your Voice
Step 1. Gargle with vinegar and lemon juice
To irritate the vocal cords and promote voice loss, make a solution of white vinegar and lemon juice. Pour 60ml of vinegar and 60ml of lemon juice into a glass, then mix. Use this mixture to gargle for 30 seconds, then spit out and repeat if you like.
If the solution is too strong, add 60ml of water to dilute it
Step 2. Consume alcoholic or caffeinated beverages
Caffeine and alcohol can have a dehydrating effect on the body, leaving the throat dry and sore. When healthy, the vocal cords need moisture to vibrate and stop properly, otherwise the voice becomes hoarse and wheezing. Spend a fun evening with your friends at a bar or club, consuming alcohol or caffeinated drinks to get it down quickly.
Step 3. Eat fatty, spicy or acidic foods
By consuming foods or drinks that are high in acidity, you can promote gastroesophageal reflux, which in turn can irritate the vocal cords and cause laryngitis. Oily or spicy foods can have the same effect. To quickly lose your voice, try consuming:
- Citrus fruits.
- Tomatoes.
- Fried foods.
- Red meat.
- Cheese.
Step 4. Enjoy meals that are high in sodium
Foods rich in sodium damage the voice due to the dehydrating effect of salt. If you want your vocal cords to dry out so that they become voiceless, choose bacon because it contains a huge amount of salt (plus, it's full of fat, another element that helps you lower your voice). Among the foods rich in sodium consider:
- Pretzels.
- Salted almonds and cashews.
- Soy sauce.
- Instant soups.
- Pickles.
Part 3 of 3: Creating an Environment That Encourages Voice Loss
Step 1. Turn on the heating
Heating systems absorb moisture from the air, leaving the house dry. This phenomenon can dehydrate the body, including the throat and vocal cords. To quickly lose your voice, raise the temperature in your room or house as much as possible and leave it at that level overnight.
Step 2. Expose yourself to cold, dry air
Cold, dry air can irritate the larynx and prevent the vocal cords from functioning properly, consequently lowering the voice. If you live in a cold climate area, keep busy in some typical winter activity (like cross-country skiing) or take a long walk outdoors. If you live in a warm place, keep the air conditioning on maximum.
Step 3. Increase the surrounding noises
If you want to become voiceless, increase the noises at home or at work, so that you will be forced to speak louder or even scream in order to communicate. People tend to automatically raise their voices by 3 decibels in the face of a 10 decibel increase in their surroundings. Play some music or a loud movie or choose instrumental tracks if you need to focus without being distracted.
